The fungus manipulates the cicadas’ behavior ... And then there’s a cicada walking around with someone else’s genitals stuck to them,” Cooley said. “And now the cicada that’s infected ...

The fungus causes a chalky white plug to burst ... Both species are vulnerable to the strange infection, Kasson said. “The cicada continues to participate in normal activities, like it would ...

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Isabel Wherry tells PEOPLE her daughter named the cicada, Cicady Jordan Greene is Society and Culture writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously ...

This past summer, Isabel Wherry's daughter, Aspen, noticed a dead cicada in their front yard in Illinois. She named it Cicady, and now, months later, she hasn’t let it leave her sight.